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There just aren't many cars, thats really the answer. Theres a few videos on youtube of tourists/diplomatic staff driving down a completely empty 10 lane highwa

by pram 2y ago

There just aren't many cars, thats really the answer. Theres a few videos on youtube of tourists/diplomatic staff driving down a completely empty 10 lane highway lol https://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/4927-5979c79967d1d__880.jpg https://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/4...

sbuttgereit 2y ago
Eh.... it's creepier than that and the not many cars thing doesn't explain everything. There are no people: there are no pedestrians on the sidewalks, no bicycles, no... life. It's much more suggestive that these cities are not productive at all and therefore no reason to be there (or allow people there as might be the case). Simple minded vanity projects of the powers that be is more what these photos suggest to me. I suppose it's also possible that (I think I saw it suggested elsewhere) the streets were cleared for the photo... and I didn't try to find out how these photos came to be.
- SiempreViernes 2y ago
  Everything sourced as "KCNA" is North Koren state media, maybe they just like the empty look in their architecture photography.
- baybal2 2y ago
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- akomtu 2y ago
  This "minecraft" is what the NK rulers consider art: order and simplicity. The lifeless vibe must be a part of what they consider beautiful.
- whatgoodisaroad 2y ago
  I have no first hand experience of Pyongyang, so I have no way to say what's typical, but I really enjoyed this YouTube video of a morning commute https://youtu.be/CDcfiEX__cA?si=tqSHZp2tsK_viRnA https://youtu.be/CDcfiEX__cA?si=tqSHZp2tsK_viRnA Pyongyang by Guy Delislse also paints a charming if twisted picture of commuting in the city on foot.
- justsomehnguy 2y ago
  If you open the photos in the article on a separate tab and view them fullscreen then you would see what there is actually people on most of the photos. #2 lower left corner #6 lower left corner at least 4 people visible #10 someone walking at the 'south' end of the road, cars; a man at the storefront a bit farther; some people at the crossing and at the other end of the road #11 there is one on the left side #14 around 10 in the middle of the photo, cars and probably people at the farthest end of the road #16 a lot people actually, because it's some celebration, in the middle of the photo; a lot of plain clothes (or dark coloured uniformed) people on the roads (look at the bridge) #17 around 20 people easily distinguishable, clearly some cars at the other end of the road Sure, this is waaaaay less than needed to convey an image of a living city, but as other people say, there is a clear bias for this type of people-less shots at KCNA.

by pram 2y ago

sbuttgereit 2y ago

Eh.... it's creepier than that and the not many cars thing doesn't explain everything. There are no people: there are no pedestrians on the sidewalks, no bicycles, no... life. It's much more suggestive that these cities are not productive at all and therefore no reason to be there (or allow people there as might be the case). Simple minded vanity projects of the powers that be is more what these photos suggest to me. I suppose it's also possible that (I think I saw it suggested elsewhere) the streets were cleared for the photo... and I didn't try to find out how these photos came to be.

SiempreViernes 2y ago
Everything sourced as "KCNA" is North Koren state media, maybe they just like the empty look in their architecture photography.
baybal2 2y ago
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akomtu 2y ago
This "minecraft" is what the NK rulers consider art: order and simplicity. The lifeless vibe must be a part of what they consider beautiful.
whatgoodisaroad 2y ago
I have no first hand experience of Pyongyang, so I have no way to say what's typical, but I really enjoyed this YouTube video of a morning commute https://youtu.be/CDcfiEX__cA?si=tqSHZp2tsK_viRnA https://youtu.be/CDcfiEX__cA?si=tqSHZp2tsK_viRnA Pyongyang by Guy Delislse also paints a charming if twisted picture of commuting in the city on foot.
justsomehnguy 2y ago
If you open the photos in the article on a separate tab and view them fullscreen then you would see what there is actually people on most of the photos. #2 lower left corner #6 lower left corner at least 4 people visible #10 someone walking at the 'south' end of the road, cars; a man at the storefront a bit farther; some people at the crossing and at the other end of the road #11 there is one on the left side #14 around 10 in the middle of the photo, cars and probably people at the farthest end of the road #16 a lot people actually, because it's some celebration, in the middle of the photo; a lot of plain clothes (or dark coloured uniformed) people on the roads (look at the bridge) #17 around 20 people easily distinguishable, clearly some cars at the other end of the road Sure, this is waaaaay less than needed to convey an image of a living city, but as other people say, there is a clear bias for this type of people-less shots at KCNA.